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Sunday, March 25, 2018

From the Isle of Music & Uncle Bill's Melting Pot schedules

Here is a quick
synopsis of our programs for the next three weeks:From the Isle of
Music, March 25--April 7

March 25-31: Ruly Herrera Sr. leader of Los Dan, one of Cuba’s most
prominent Rock/Pop groups, is our special guest. We also listen to some current
Cuban Rock.

April 1-7: Changüi and Folkloric Music. Our special guest is Changüi
group Son del Guaso. We will listen to some of
their music plus some other folkloric Cuban music.

Four opportunities to listen on shortwave:
1. For Eastern Europe but audible well beyond the target area in most of the
Eastern Hemisphere (including parts of East Asia and Oceania) with 100Kw,
Sunday 1500-1600 UTC on SpaceLine, 9400 KHz, from Kostinbrod, Bulgaria
(1800-1900 MSK)

2. For the Americas and parts of Europe, Tuesday 0000-0100 UTC on WBCQ, 7490
KHz from Monticello, ME, USA (Monday 8-9PM EST in the US). This has been
audible in parts of Ireland, the UK, Central and Southern Europe with an
excellent skip to Italy recently.

3 and 4. For Europe and sometimes
beyond, Tuesday 1900-2000 UTC and Saturday 1200-1300 UTC on Channel 292, 6070
KHz from Rohrbach, Germany. UTC stays the same after the time change.

April 1: Episode 56, Silly Music for a Very Silly Day, is music to make
you laugh on April Fools’ Day.
Sundays 2200-2230 UTC (6:00PM -6:30PM Eastern US) on WBCQ The Planet 7490 KHz shortwave from the US to the Americas and parts of
Europe

Note the UTC time change for A18, same local US time.
In recent weeks the signal has had a nice bounce to Spain, Italy and
Switzerland as well as Iceland, Ireland and parts of the UK. Also audible in
Brasil, Paraguay and points North. William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer
Tilford Productions, LLC
5713 N. St. Louis Av